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more-inNoted Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, a victim of vigilantism, on Monday rued that those who were muzzling free speech enjoyed substantial support from sections of society inasmuch as there was support for free speech. Publishers’ problemsExplaining the issues faced by publishers in the context of freedom of expression, publisher Karthika V.K. Referring to Section 295 A of the IPC, he charged that it was “basically the equivalent of a blasphemy law”. Sharing her experience, Ms.
Karthika said there was hesitation over publishing a naked woman with a cow. The situation was such that “you cannot escape from the climate of intolerance” in the current times which has also witnessed the “rise of majoritarianism”..